Shane Delia’s poached chicken salad with harissa, eggplant, spring onion and tahini
Double dressing? In one corner, the nuttiness of the Maha East chef's tahini dressing; in the other, the one-two spicy punch of the harissa and lemon.
Eggplant
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Victor Liong’s grilled eggplant with sesame, cumin and chilli
A fragrant eggplant dish by Lee Ho Fook's head chef that recalls the cooking styles of Dongbei and Xinjiang in northern China.
Analiese Gregory’s flatbread with miso eggplant and urchin
Everything tastes better on flatbread. Even sea urchin.
Chinese eggplant recipes you’ll want to cook right now
Including that all-time crowd favourite, the Sichuan braised eggplant.
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Capitano’s caponata
A vegan Italian dish with a deep, layered umami base that's rich like a stew.
Tuna with caponata
This Sicilian eggplant dish sings with sweet and sour flavours.
Palisa Anderson’s yum makeua (grilled eggplant salad with prawns)
Fire up the barbecue for maximum flavour.
Eggplant, tofu and sugarsnap peas with ginger and soy dressing
A light, refreshing salad that sings with Asian-style flavours.
Danielle Alvarez’s summer vegetable tian
It works as a delicious side or can hold its own as main.
Prime-rib minute steak, spiced eggplant and lemon couscous
Seared rib-eye steak is paired with Middle Eastern flavours in this fun dish designed to share.